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A "superfourth" is an interval too wide to sound like a perfect fourth and too narrow to sound like a tritone. Margo Schulter, in her article Regions of the Interval Spectrum, proposes an approximate range for a superfourth to be from 528¢ to 560¢. Some of the simplest superfourths in Just Intonation are 11/8 (about 551.3¢) and 15/11 (about 537¢), both undecimal (11-based) superfourths; and 48/35 (about 546.8¢) and 49/36 (about 533.7¢), both septimal (7-based) superfourths.

The inversion of a superfourth is a subfifth.

Of course, it should never be taken for granted that these categories are subjective and culturally influenced, and the borders are "fuzzy". Other description are possible and legitimate.

Examples

Below is a list of some intervals in the superfourth range, both just and tempered.

Interval
Cents Value
Prime Limit (if applicable)
6\88cET or 11\25edo
528.000
-
19/14
528.687
19
87/64
531.532
29
34/25
532.328
17
4\9edo
533.333
-
49/36
533.742
7
64/47
534.493
47
15/11
536.951
11
13\29edo
537.931
-
56/41
539.764
41
9\20edo
540.000
-
41/30
540.794
41
175/128
541.453
7
14\31edo
541.935
-
26/19
543.015
19
5\11edo
545.455
-
37/27
545.479
37
48/35
546.815
7
11\24edo
550.000
-
11/8
551.318
11
6\13edo
553.846
-
62/45
554.812
31
40/29
556.737
29
13\28edo
557.143
-
243/176
558.457
11
29/21
558.796
29
47/34
560.551
47
7\15edo
560.000
-


See: Interval Category, Gallery of Just Intervals